Poem-a-Day
Poem-a-Day is the original, daily poetry series featuring new poems by today’s poets. Produced by the Academy of American Poets, this free digital series is made possible by you, our readers and listeners. Theme music by Kat Rejsek. Audio engineering by Genevieve Shubeck. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.
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16 min
1527
Federico García Lorca: "Farewell"
2 min
1528
Karen Head: "Venus de Milo: On Being Rediscovered"
2 min
1529
Reginald Dwayne Betts: "Memorial Hoops"
4 min
1530
Adélia Prado: "Weather Forecast"
3 min
1531
Jericho Brown: "Vaccinated"
3 min
1532
Elinor Wylie: "Velvet Shoes"
2 min
1533
Walter de la Mare: "Mistletoe"
1 min
1534
Alexander Pushkin: "A Winter Evening"
2 min
1535
Kay Ulanday Barrett: "Root Systems"
4 min
1536
Maya Marshall: "'Why Don't You Parent a Little?'"
2 min
1537
Luis Muñoz: "Oh!"
2 min
1538
Ishion Hutchinson: "The Mud Sermon"
3 min
1539
Elizabeth Barrett Browning: "Change on Change"
2 min
1540
Charles Bertram Johnson: "Snow"
1 min
1541
Danez Smith: "three Black poems for August"
5 min
1542
Meg Day: "Vespers"
3 min
1543
Philip Metres: "We Are All God’s Poems"
2 min
1544
Paisley Rekdal: "何日/What Day"
3 min
1545
Arthur Solway: "What Is Not"
2 min
1546
Maxwell Bodenheim: "Minna (IX)"
1 min
1547
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Paradox"
2 min
1548
David Tomas Martinez: "Trap Music"
6 min
1549
Carol Moldaw: "Meditation in the Open-Air Garage"
2 min
1550
Li-Young Lee: "Big Clock"
5 min